Gold Star Illini
Those “Gold Star Illini” are those alumni who answered their nation’s call and gave their lives as the ultimate sacrifice. The listing here includes all known Illini killed while serving in the Armed Forces in official recognized wars and conflicts for which a campaign medal or battle streamer has been authorized.
World War II
(1941-1946)
- Bickerton, James Earle
- Bidwell, Raymond Henry
- Biederman, George Edward Jr.
- Bishop, James Warren
- Black, Raymond George
- Blackard, Robert Maurice
- Blackford, George Newton (Pete) Storey
- Blackstone, Sterling Anderson
- Blain, Perry Wright
- Blasig, Phillip Allan
- Block, Robert Irwin
- Block, Samuel
- Blodgett, Pliny Russell Jr.
- Bloom, Irvin
- Blum, John Hubert
- Blunck, Robert Charles
- Boedeker, William Charles
- Boggs, Walter Hemphill
- Bohland, Jerome George
- Bolin, Roy Emerson
- Bonhard, Robert William
- Bonner, Joe Bertis
- Boock, Robert Alfred
- Boren, Joseph Stumm
- Bothe, John Henry
- Bowen, William Joseph Alvin
- Boyd, Harvey Jackson
- Boyle, Robert Joseph
- Boyle, Stanley Hartenbower
- Boynton, Robert Wood
- Braucher, David Carr
- Breese, Lloyd Ellsworth
- Brennan, Patrick Woodard
- Brenner, Joseph Louis
- Brett, Thomas Joseph Jr.
- Brewster, Willmer James
- Brinker, Robert Marion
- Brisendine, Bruce Friederich
- Brock, Joseph
- Brody, John Lyons